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here's harry reid. let's take a listen. >> -- this motion when it arrives. >> ice here. >> it's here? okay. it's here. momentarily. that's what i meant. >> the chair lays before the senate the following message from the house of representatives. >> resthoovl the house insist on its amendment to the amendment to the senate of the resolution -- >> when they speak of the message, what they're eventually saying is they're bringing over what the house did last night, and the house voted to send their bill, the bill that includes the one-year delay and the individual mandate, plus the idea that the members of congress and their staffs do not get any special deductibles or treatments when it comes to the health care law, and they voted to go to conference. and now the senator reading that business, dealing with it, and senator harry reid in a minute will officially start dealing with it. now they're calling the roll. as they do that, which of course means they have to call 100 names, now we will sneak in a qui
here's harry reid. let's take a listen. >> -- this motion when it arrives. >> ice here. >> it's here? okay. it's here. momentarily. that's what i meant. >> the chair lays before the senate the following message from the house of representatives. >> resthoovl the house insist on its amendment to the amendment to the senate of the resolution -- >> when they speak of the message, what they're eventually saying is they're bringing over what the house did last...
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it echoes with democrats nancy pelosi and harry reid said. the democrats have already compromised by agreeing to the republicans's call for a budget number. here's the question. can boehner and gop leaders sell that message? is boehner has the problem. we identified before the shut down began. how does he now get something for all the plate cal pain republicans caused themselves? yesterday indiana congressman said the fight is no longer just about the health care law. >> we're not going to be disrespected. so that's where we are at today. we have to get something out of this and i don't know what that even is. throw the keystone pipeline and economic growth policy in there and then you have republicans talking. >> there you go. suddenly it's not about health care. they are stuck. this is what happened when you go down this path. you have this mentality that if agree to the others's terms, it's a surrender. washington likes deadlines that force action the it's looking more and more like the deadline when the u.s. hits the borrowing limit and t
it echoes with democrats nancy pelosi and harry reid said. the democrats have already compromised by agreeing to the republicans's call for a budget number. here's the question. can boehner and gop leaders sell that message? is boehner has the problem. we identified before the shut down began. how does he now get something for all the plate cal pain republicans caused themselves? yesterday indiana congressman said the fight is no longer just about the health care law. >> we're not going...
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harry reid trying not to jam the house, but the way the timeline looks now is harry reid will strip the bill of language and moves to cutoff the bill tomorrow. the senate will send over a clean bill and could get to the house by saturday. there is debate on what happens next. one possibility is the house buys a little time by sending back a one-week spending bill. >> i think they still could have time to send something different back, particularly if they sent along with it, a short-term like one week clean cr so there would be no disruption. >> texas republican congressman said we are not going to just vote on a clean cr and accepted it back over if we can come to some sort of agreement and to a short-term piece while we are working on language, fine. if not, we are stuck. >> they are being dominated still by ted who tori. senator john mccain went at him with a different argument and said they cast different judgment on the 2012 election. >> that doesn't mean we give up our efforts to try to replace and repair obama care. it does mean that elections have consequences. >> mccain also hi
harry reid trying not to jam the house, but the way the timeline looks now is harry reid will strip the bill of language and moves to cutoff the bill tomorrow. the senate will send over a clean bill and could get to the house by saturday. there is debate on what happens next. one possibility is the house buys a little time by sending back a one-week spending bill. >> i think they still could have time to send something different back, particularly if they sent along with it, a short-term...
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harry reid, who does not want to compromise as all will not give an inch o.j. this. >> shameless plugs. >> i wasn't ready for one, but -- >> who do they play this weekend? >> there's a great story in the paper from my colleagues about john boehner saying to his colleagues that he is in fact going to raise the debt ceiling. >> okay. >> well, i'll give them something to fight about and fight for and that should be sensible regulations and reg reform. when congress is inactive, it means our agencies are dealing with the law and we need reg reform. >> my colleague has a story in politico about how bad the relationship is between the four congressional leaders right now. >> particularly reid and boehner. >> they hate each other. >> and the chiefs of staff don't even like each other. >> worst ever. st. peter's catholic school on capitol hill, blou ribbon school from the department of education. congratulations to st. peter's school. >> that's it for this edition of "the daily rundown." what a week. we'll be back monday. latest news on the shutdown. by monday it becom
harry reid, who does not want to compromise as all will not give an inch o.j. this. >> shameless plugs. >> i wasn't ready for one, but -- >> who do they play this weekend? >> there's a great story in the paper from my colleagues about john boehner saying to his colleagues that he is in fact going to raise the debt ceiling. >> okay. >> well, i'll give them something to fight about and fight for and that should be sensible regulations and reg reform. when...
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you saw him yesterday with several house conservatives saying this is now on harry reid. instead of saying this is going to come back to you, house republicans. that may have pushed and he may get less of what he wants because of that. >> he gave john boehner now. we are talking d.c. dysfunction. we will talk about that more later. this sunday on "meet the press," wayne la pierre in the first interview since the navy yard shooting. the white house soup of the day, rajun cajun gumbo. a friday staple these days. do a. let's go to school. let's go to save. and then, let's go to town. so then we can go do, absolutely nothing. let's do this. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. this echo blower. just $159 bucks. before mike could see his banking and investing accounts on one page... before he could easily transfer funds between the two in real time... before he could even think about planning for his daughters' future... and link it to his bank of america bank account to help free up plenty of time for the here and now. that's the wonder of streamlined
you saw him yesterday with several house conservatives saying this is now on harry reid. instead of saying this is going to come back to you, house republicans. that may have pushed and he may get less of what he wants because of that. >> he gave john boehner now. we are talking d.c. dysfunction. we will talk about that more later. this sunday on "meet the press," wayne la pierre in the first interview since the navy yard shooting. the white house soup of the day, rajun cajun...
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could it end up helping harry reid and the democrats in their battle with speaker boehner. as cruz was getting started, president obama was sitting down with president clinton. by the way, today it will be hillary's turn to take her place and discuss women decision makers. that impromptu on purpose hello between president obama and the reigning president, it never happened. iran's new leaders struck a moderate tone in his address and does not like his tweets. we will get the latest on the action in tehran. good morning from washington. it's wednesday, september 25th, 2013. this is "the daily rundown." let's get to the first reads of the morning. i guess it's all over, but the shouting, ted cruz is in his 19th hour of his marathon talk by midday today at least when it comes to the bail is trying to block. this will signify nothing. the point is to disrupt or delay. his effort has done neither. he doesn't have the votes to prevent them from taking up the bill. that vote will take place today as scheduled. that makes what is doing on the floor on screen a fake buster. cruz beg
could it end up helping harry reid and the democrats in their battle with speaker boehner. as cruz was getting started, president obama was sitting down with president clinton. by the way, today it will be hillary's turn to take her place and discuss women decision makers. that impromptu on purpose hello between president obama and the reigning president, it never happened. iran's new leaders struck a moderate tone in his address and does not like his tweets. we will get the latest on the...
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congressional leaders from senate republican leader mitch mcconnell and harry reid and house speaker, john boehner. you have the highest negative ratings. the public is voicing frustration and nearly three quarters think congress is contributing to the problems in washington instead of working to solve them. 29% said that their own congressional representatives deserve to be reelected. that's the business anymore. 63% claim that they would give a new person a chance over their own member of congress. the highest percentage ever recorded on that question. half of folks we surveyed think there will be another government shut down. 28% don't think it's going to happen. that's how cynical the public has become. americans are frustrated. 40% say they are less confident about the health care law after what they have seen, heard, or read. they didn't tell them any specifics, just said what you know about it, how confident are they? this crisis is producing this entire mix of anger and frustration and despair and overall, just 22% believe the country is heading in the right direction. althoug
congressional leaders from senate republican leader mitch mcconnell and harry reid and house speaker, john boehner. you have the highest negative ratings. the public is voicing frustration and nearly three quarters think congress is contributing to the problems in washington instead of working to solve them. 29% said that their own congressional representatives deserve to be reelected. that's the business anymore. 63% claim that they would give a new person a chance over their own member of...
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before the vote, harry reid promised democrats would reject any of the health care provisions added when the senate returns at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon. the senate spokesman said republicans will be faced with the same choice they have always faced. putting the funding bill on the floor and leting it pass or force a republican government shut down. at some point probably around dinnertime, they will send the same clean funding bill back to the house. what does speaker boehner do then? house majority kenneth carthy said they are considering an 11th hour plan. >> they will send them not to shut the government down, but to fund it. they will have a few options there for the senate to lock at again? >> what are the options? boehner has three options. one, he buys time by sending a clean funding bill for a week or two or less. he sends back something the senate might be able to pass. both ruled out attaching going it, but a repeal of the tax is potential low something that a majority might say let it go, we are against it anyway. he sends something he knows they will reject to prove to the ba
before the vote, harry reid promised democrats would reject any of the health care provisions added when the senate returns at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon. the senate spokesman said republicans will be faced with the same choice they have always faced. putting the funding bill on the floor and leting it pass or force a republican government shut down. at some point probably around dinnertime, they will send the same clean funding bill back to the house. what does speaker boehner do then? house...
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on abc over the weekend, harry reid pointedly would not commit to supporting an assault weapons ban. >> i didn't vote for the assault weapons last time because it didn't make sense but i'll take a look at it. i think everyone acknowledges we should do some background checks. >> reid said the senate would move the bill through the judiciary committee, it's unlikely to include a gun ban. though reid has said california senator dianne feinstein will have an opportunity to present the provision as an amendment once the bill reaches the senate floor. remember there's a whole bunch of red tape democrats want to actively cascade a vote against the assault weapons ban so they can show they are pro-gun. >> the super bowl ad new york city mayor's group ran in the d.c. market focused on one part of the gun control bills and that's the background check, one pointing out the nra at one time supported closing the gun show loophole. >> we think it's reasonable to provide mandatory, instant criminal background checks for every sale at every gun show, no loopholes anywhere for anyone. >> 14 years lat
on abc over the weekend, harry reid pointedly would not commit to supporting an assault weapons ban. >> i didn't vote for the assault weapons last time because it didn't make sense but i'll take a look at it. i think everyone acknowledges we should do some background checks. >> reid said the senate would move the bill through the judiciary committee, it's unlikely to include a gun ban. though reid has said california senator dianne feinstein will have an opportunity to present the...
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harry reid needs to do the same to get this worked out. >> some of the headlines from our poll, among the bigger be numbers is this idea that house republicans, the perception of house republicans are putting their own agenda over what's good for the country. 70% overall. 40% of republicans. how do you respond to a number like that. >> clearly the media is not going to get out all the things going on. when you look at what it's about, it's not about a partisan fight. the president acknowledged that there is serious failings. he issued over 1200 waivers. we have been asking for fairness. don't just give a break to big business and members of congress. make it apply to everybody. if it has problems, go and address the problems and get the economy moving again. >> did you guys make a mistake by not entering into a larger budget when the opportunity was there? you could have appointed that and even the negotiations that started before funding ran out. you have been calling for negotiations in the last couple of weeks. you could have forced formal negotiations. is that a mistake. >> paul r
harry reid needs to do the same to get this worked out. >> some of the headlines from our poll, among the bigger be numbers is this idea that house republicans, the perception of house republicans are putting their own agenda over what's good for the country. 70% overall. 40% of republicans. how do you respond to a number like that. >> clearly the media is not going to get out all the things going on. when you look at what it's about, it's not about a partisan fight. the president...
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last night harry reid and mitch mcconnell closed in on a plan that would raise the nation's borrowing limb, reopen e the government, but temporarily. the legislative egg heads, as some call them, have been up all night writing the legislation even as they're ironing out the final details. >> we've made tremendous progress. we are not there yet but tremendous progress. perhaps tomorrow will be a bright day. >> i think it's safe to say we've made substantial progress and we look forward to making more progress in the near future. >> clearly harry reid is an annie fan because the sun did come out this morning. it would fund the government through january 15th, that means through the holidays. good news for consumer confidence. frankly good news for everybody that works in washington who's sort of relieved that they can take the holiday they planned. it extend the borrowing limit on faper through february 7th, but you can't plan on that number. this debt ceiling we're hitting about now, we thought we would hit it in may. this would give legislatures a december 13th deadline to hammer out
last night harry reid and mitch mcconnell closed in on a plan that would raise the nation's borrowing limb, reopen e the government, but temporarily. the legislative egg heads, as some call them, have been up all night writing the legislation even as they're ironing out the final details. >> we've made tremendous progress. we are not there yet but tremendous progress. perhaps tomorrow will be a bright day. >> i think it's safe to say we've made substantial progress and we look...
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while defunding the president's law, harry reid declared it dead. what's less clear is the calendar of events that gets us to funding in the government. in an awkward move, ted and a few other senators vowed to filibuster or block anything from voting on that house bill. it's a bill that faces support. this is weird. >> it should be an easy decision for senate republicans and to support house republicans. any vote for closure and to allow harry reid to add funding if are obama care for the threshold, a vote for closure is a vote for obama care. >> it's all confusing and some of you are going to be banging your heads against the tv. that language is -- they managed to alienate the conservatives in the house. the reviews with bob costas, they said a dozen plus republican senators are fuming over cruz making a vote to proceed seem like support for a law that they hate. >> this has been one of the strangest weeks i have had in washington. i say that because as soon as we listed ted cruz, our featured guest this week, i got unsolicited be surge and quest
while defunding the president's law, harry reid declared it dead. what's less clear is the calendar of events that gets us to funding in the government. in an awkward move, ted and a few other senators vowed to filibuster or block anything from voting on that house bill. it's a bill that faces support. this is weird. >> it should be an easy decision for senate republicans and to support house republicans. any vote for closure and to allow harry reid to add funding if are obama care for...
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now it's not harry reid jamming john boehner. you have bob corker who went on the senate floor and said this is not the republicans, this is two republicans. so he has basically given cover to harry reid. >> well, senator cruz and lee obviously don't worry so much about this kind of division in the republican party. and they are perfectly -- look, it's not as though the people who have been with them all along are going to say, oh, now we're with very senator corker. they're going to say why is this guy, corker siding with the democrats and doing their dirty work for it. >> but is it siding with the democrats for a clean cr? >> i think that is what senator cruz and senator lee supporters are going to say. there's just no downside as far as i can tell -- >> politically. >> politically for senators cruz and lee for taking the position that they have. >> even if boehner jams them. if boehnanoehner gets jammed an republicans get blamed for the shutdown. >> what you've seen the last few days especially is the republican party division
now it's not harry reid jamming john boehner. you have bob corker who went on the senate floor and said this is not the republicans, this is two republicans. so he has basically given cover to harry reid. >> well, senator cruz and lee obviously don't worry so much about this kind of division in the republican party. and they are perfectly -- look, it's not as though the people who have been with them all along are going to say, oh, now we're with very senator corker. they're going to say...
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does harry reid have the democrats for a yearlong debt increase? not sure. house republicans feel good about passing small spending bill s which so far the administration and harry reid have scoffed at. but the death benefits reported on this morning the pentagon is not sending out, the house republicans passed a bill authorizing and providing funds for paying death benefits to the families of servicemen killed in action. that will pass 430-0 in the house. does reid not take that up? a dynamic situation. >> neera, white house signaling they would take anything short term. have they given too much? >> look, i think it's reasonable to say we're going to take a clean cr. a lot of democrats and progressives are worried about what the next zboeshgs is like -- >> they don't like the idea of being locked into long negotiations. if they agree to that, baner is saying we're locked in a room for eight weeks. >> the issue is it needs to be clean for a period of time. and at the end of the day we have to have a big resolution. i think it's true that there's been some mo
does harry reid have the democrats for a yearlong debt increase? not sure. house republicans feel good about passing small spending bill s which so far the administration and harry reid have scoffed at. but the death benefits reported on this morning the pentagon is not sending out, the house republicans passed a bill authorizing and providing funds for paying death benefits to the families of servicemen killed in action. that will pass 430-0 in the house. does reid not take that up? a dynamic...
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if that is part of what harry reid is asking for, we are in for a long seat. if defunding obama care is an overreach for republicans, exceeding the spending caps that have lowered spending for the first time since the korean war. that is a non-starter. >> explain this to me. explain to me about january. you have 988 which the senate democrats agreed to. my guess is the white house it sounds like are part of the collins plan. they wanted to stop it before sequestration kicked in. they wanted to see if there was room to negotiate. why not do this until mid-january and use that to negotiate what you top the do on spending. why is there a health care thing on the laws stuck to them? >> let me turn that around. we have fine votes in the united states and to repeal the medical device tax and not delay, 79 senators, republicans and democrats voted to repeal the tax. it is not going to work. it is not popular. >> where do you get the money you lose on the medical device tax? >> there a number of revenue enhancers and papers that can come out of the budget exitee. that
if that is part of what harry reid is asking for, we are in for a long seat. if defunding obama care is an overreach for republicans, exceeding the spending caps that have lowered spending for the first time since the korean war. that is a non-starter. >> explain this to me. explain to me about january. you have 988 which the senate democrats agreed to. my guess is the white house it sounds like are part of the collins plan. they wanted to stop it before sequestration kicked in. they...
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harry reid is not going anything. they need to articulate an end game. >> let me ask you, do you shut down the government and say this strategy worked because we repeal the medical device tax? >> i feel like at a certain point -- >> >> is that worth it? >> this is a tough situation. i have been seeing polling numbers for weeks now that indicated that this was a dangerous path to go down. we are here and so the house by trying to change on- >> your firm has been reminding people. >> the house by sending multiple things over. >> a president not worried about reelection. >> that's a huge issue. you have to look at they are on the wrong side of the issue. there consequences and i don't think it will be for the democrats. >> we shall see. we will talk a little health care. it's interesting what's going on. up next, into the costs and coverage offered by the affordable care act. we talked about the benefit for a 27-year-old and the pros and cons for people 55 and older. find out if the government cleared up any of the probl
harry reid is not going anything. they need to articulate an end game. >> let me ask you, do you shut down the government and say this strategy worked because we repeal the medical device tax? >> i feel like at a certain point -- >> >> is that worth it? >> this is a tough situation. i have been seeing polling numbers for weeks now that indicated that this was a dangerous path to go down. we are here and so the house by trying to change on- >> your firm has...
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. >> senate majority leader harry reid says he'll try to force a floor vote as early as this week. some republicans say he'll try to delay hagel's confirmation until after next week's break. but they aren't expected to fully block it. one of hagel's former republican colleagues, indiana's dick lugar, said tuesday it's hagel's politics, not his policy, that got him into trouble. >> senator hagel's main transgression is that he is a republican. who has questioned policies that are sacred among most conservative senators. the intensity of opposition that senator hagel is encountering is grounded in the resentments of some conservatives inside and outside the senate who regard his independent thinking as political blasphemy for which he should not be rewarded. >> that wasn't all lugar had to say. in his first major speech since leaving the u.s. senate the long-time senator said conservatives and the media have combined to bring any hope for legislating to a grinding halt. >> a no compromise vision of conservatism may score points with cob servetive talk show hosts and campaign givers.
. >> senate majority leader harry reid says he'll try to force a floor vote as early as this week. some republicans say he'll try to delay hagel's confirmation until after next week's break. but they aren't expected to fully block it. one of hagel's former republican colleagues, indiana's dick lugar, said tuesday it's hagel's politics, not his policy, that got him into trouble. >> senator hagel's main transgression is that he is a republican. who has questioned policies that are...
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are they broken and just harry reid is papering over with them? >> it's just that there is no good way out i think is the issue. if they had a way out, they would try to take it. it's hard to overestimate the frustration among the senate democrats who are trying to get reelected. >> they are not all up. >> but the majority is on the line and there is no off-ramp. you guys are coming back. >> unless it's something else that people have not noticed enough. that's to do with the staff shake-up. much more ahead here on "the daily rundown." it's not just clinton and christie. the biggest news of the week could be coming from jeb bush. ground zero for 2014. more than just the governor's race. first a look ahead at the politics planner. a busy day. as we told you, president meeting with health care ceos. see how that goes. you are watching "the daily rundown" only on msnbc. my name is mike and i quit smoking. chantix... it's a non-nicotine pill. i didn't want nicotine to give up nicotine. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix (varenicline) is pr
are they broken and just harry reid is papering over with them? >> it's just that there is no good way out i think is the issue. if they had a way out, they would try to take it. it's hard to overestimate the frustration among the senate democrats who are trying to get reelected. >> they are not all up. >> but the majority is on the line and there is no off-ramp. you guys are coming back. >> unless it's something else that people have not noticed enough. that's to do...
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harry reid will no doubt try to strip the defund language from the resolution and right now he likely has the votes to do so. house republicans must tap firm. while his statement enraged some house republicans who believe cruz is somehow now passing the buck. tim griffin tweeted, so far senator rs are good at getting facebook likes and town halls, not much else. do something. asked to respond, a boehner spos map said we trust republicans in the senate will put up a fight worthy of the challenge that obamacare poses. perhaps this is boehner's exit strategy, what he and out republicans might be telegraphing is if senate conservatives can't stand firm against harry reid, then house republicans aren't going to go down wloon on this either. it's not clear, though, what success looks like for boehner and house republicans if health care is not involved. any sane person knows the obama white house is not going to negotiate over the president's signature necessary tick chief thement in any way, shape or form. how does bay per get a win here? that's the million dollar question. one more thing,
harry reid will no doubt try to strip the defund language from the resolution and right now he likely has the votes to do so. house republicans must tap firm. while his statement enraged some house republicans who believe cruz is somehow now passing the buck. tim griffin tweeted, so far senator rs are good at getting facebook likes and town halls, not much else. do something. asked to respond, a boehner spos map said we trust republicans in the senate will put up a fight worthy of the challenge...
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reid and mitch mcconnell, that's the way it's supposed to be done. a few days later we had a bipartisan proposal involving immigration. a lot of detailed work to be done, but the structure, the framework was there on 0 a bipartisan basis. so there are possibilities of bipartisanship but on the other hand, this is still a partisan situation. we have a republican house, a split democratically krold senate, democratic president, but if you do the math, chris, if you do the arithmetic, what that really means is nothing is going to happen unless there is some measure of bi-papartisansh and i certainly hope that we're going to be able to get there. >> senator, i want to quickly get you on the big story of the day which is the weather. your state, maine, looks to be in the path of this storm. you're a former governor of the state. you know what a state needs to prepare for an event like this. can you tell me, what was your biggest worry when you had a big storm headed your way when you served as governor? >> well, in fact, we had a huge storm in 1998. we ha
reid and mitch mcconnell, that's the way it's supposed to be done. a few days later we had a bipartisan proposal involving immigration. a lot of detailed work to be done, but the structure, the framework was there on 0 a bipartisan basis. so there are possibilities of bipartisanship but on the other hand, this is still a partisan situation. we have a republican house, a split democratically krold senate, democratic president, but if you do the math, chris, if you do the arithmetic, what that...
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the vote on friday, harry reid is trying to cut off all debate on friday and to be able to fund obamacare with just 51 votes. >> mcconnell and cornyn each have good reasons for feeling comfortable a opposing cruz. mcconnell, who has been ham strung by a high-profile primary challenge and general election challenge. feels like rand paul is giving him some cover on this one. paul lowered the bar a few days ago saying, "i don't think the president will sign any legislation to defund obamacare and beneath ler the senate pas any legislation to defund obamacare." cornyn feels insulated because, well, he doesn't have the level of primary challenger that he feared or that mcconnell actually has. last night, cruz responded to republican who is called the strategy, quote, the dumbest idea and a political suicide note and flooded fox news with research on him ahead of an interview on sunday. >> folks can do whatever they want to resist change, and there are lot of people who have been in washington a long time that are fearful of change, they're fearful of ris, they're fearful offing anything that c
the vote on friday, harry reid is trying to cut off all debate on friday and to be able to fund obamacare with just 51 votes. >> mcconnell and cornyn each have good reasons for feeling comfortable a opposing cruz. mcconnell, who has been ham strung by a high-profile primary challenge and general election challenge. feels like rand paul is giving him some cover on this one. paul lowered the bar a few days ago saying, "i don't think the president will sign any legislation to defund...
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reid for saying he hadn't read dianne feinstein's bill banning assault weapons. >> how can harry reid, a fellow democrat, and i'm willing to criticize him, say he hasn't read the bill. this is an emergency. let's knock off the washington baloney and support the president and get some things done. >> the white house wants to overload washington's political circuits. an effort to see what it can get through congress without letting congress and particularly congressional republicans, define what issues get addressed. republican leaders are making it clear they prefer to talk about just one thing before the march budget shutdown. >> this was supposed to be the day that the president submitted his budget to the congress. but it's not coming. i think that's too bad. our economy could use some presidential leadership right now. >> and top senate republican mitch mcconnell was just as eager to talk budget hitting the floor to slam democrats for floating new revenue proposals. >> this is just another opportunity to trot out the democrat focus group approved policy stunt. if this is another fa
reid for saying he hadn't read dianne feinstein's bill banning assault weapons. >> how can harry reid, a fellow democrat, and i'm willing to criticize him, say he hasn't read the bill. this is an emergency. let's knock off the washington baloney and support the president and get some things done. >> the white house wants to overload washington's political circuits. an effort to see what it can get through congress without letting congress and particularly congressional republicans,...
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. >> and then there's senate majority leader harry reid who clearly decided not to endorse it again yesterday. >> she believes in it fervently. i admire her for that. i'll take a look at that as i've indicated to you folks. we're going to have votes on all kinds of issues dealing with guns. >> but that's the point. there are going to be votes and here's why. democratic leaders are pretty much rallying around the background check legislation. >> we should ensure that those seeking to purchase guns do so with real background checks. the fact that we cannot do everything that could help should not paralyze us from doing anything that can help. >> and new york senator chuck schumer is an gres bely working tom coburn trying to get him to sign on to schumer's background check bill. does the nra's line in the sand on universal background checks end up scaring coburn, a republican from oklahoma, away? politics of this though, of course, are tricky for democrats. a new quinnipiac poll shows the new york governor andrew cuomo is still very popular but his rating dropped a whopping 15 points in one mont
. >> and then there's senate majority leader harry reid who clearly decided not to endorse it again yesterday. >> she believes in it fervently. i admire her for that. i'll take a look at that as i've indicated to you folks. we're going to have votes on all kinds of issues dealing with guns. >> but that's the point. there are going to be votes and here's why. democratic leaders are pretty much rallying around the background check legislation. >> we should ensure that...
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one of the biggest corrections of something majority leader harry reid did tuesday. they slated a report claiming billionaire charles and david koch were involved in planning the current budget crisis. >> by shutting down the government, that's what happened. we are satisfying the koch brothers and millions of people in america are suffering. >> senator reid reiterated that on twitter, but the koch brothers are firing back. michael has the reaction from the koch lobbying team. >> this is an extraordinary development. the koches are known for operating behind closed doors and issued publicly to members of congress, trying to correct the record and challenging senator reid saying look, we are not -- although we are against obama care, it wasn't our idea to tie the defunding of obama care to the shut down of the government and the debt ceiling. we don't take a position on that. what we want congress to focus on is balancing the budget and reigning in government spending. poignant comments from the top lobbyists from the koch brothers distancing themselves from a lot of
one of the biggest corrections of something majority leader harry reid did tuesday. they slated a report claiming billionaire charles and david koch were involved in planning the current budget crisis. >> by shutting down the government, that's what happened. we are satisfying the koch brothers and millions of people in america are suffering. >> senator reid reiterated that on twitter, but the koch brothers are firing back. michael has the reaction from the koch lobbying team....
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. >> senior political writer and head of the 21st century for harry reid. welcome, all. >> it's weird. i know there is no deal. we are in a postwar period because everybody is in this and gets the legislation. >> everybody is appreciating it has to get done. john boehner, this is trying to get to the brink of the senate deal and he pulls the plug. it looks like he's not just trying to get a deal, but stop the senate. >> i will be honest. >> when he was floating for him, it was movement. he was moving towards this. he was buying the senate framework. democrats goes to say that is a completely unacceptable offer. we think the deal works. technically. >> if i was boehner, that would have been mine. that's kind of where this is for him. i don't get why the democrats are being so difficult and boehner is moving towards it. >> for the moment in time. >> his own caucus is like that. i think think for him, just how valuable is this speakership to me? am i prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice? i explained 25 votes. >> it's interesting. we will get more. i think t
. >> senior political writer and head of the 21st century for harry reid. welcome, all. >> it's weird. i know there is no deal. we are in a postwar period because everybody is in this and gets the legislation. >> everybody is appreciating it has to get done. john boehner, this is trying to get to the brink of the senate deal and he pulls the plug. it looks like he's not just trying to get a deal, but stop the senate. >> i will be honest. >> when he was floating for...
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let's face it, harry reid summed it up. he said it's the road to a single payer system. meaning socialized medicine. anybody who thinks that's the answer to americans's free market system is nuts as far as i'm concerned. >> senator, it's a long way from that. i want to ask you about because you come from a time and a legislative process that when you see something defeated that you department like, you were an advocate of trying to fix it, not repeal it. do you think that mind set changes considering how the politics of this works? maybe instead of trying as john mccain's words trying to repeal something thaw can't do, there is a series attempt by republicans to say okay, here's where we think we should fix it. democrats, what do you think? >> it's a parent that we were going to fail as far as trying to shut it down. no question about that. we will badly hurt this country and the whole economy. the fact of the matter is that you can't fix it. it is that bad of a bill. i work in health care problems for the last 37 years and a lot of health care bills had my name on them.
let's face it, harry reid summed it up. he said it's the road to a single payer system. meaning socialized medicine. anybody who thinks that's the answer to americans's free market system is nuts as far as i'm concerned. >> senator, it's a long way from that. i want to ask you about because you come from a time and a legislative process that when you see something defeated that you department like, you were an advocate of trying to fix it, not repeal it. do you think that mind set changes...
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but he's playing senate democrats like harry reid who will get his senate vote back before october and before the debt ceiling standoff. >> i think it's the right thing to do. i'm happy with what he's done. i think people who serve in the senate when the election laws in the state call for it should be determined by an election. and an election this year. he could have tried to play around with it and done it 2014. >> well, while offending editorial boards, christie's impact probably won't have an impact on new jersey voters. but for a guy who has prided himself for always rising above politics, this was a pretty obvious political move and he's already being attacked by state democrats for wasting millions of taxpayer dollars with this sound bite. >> i don't know what the cost is and i quite frankly don't care. i don't think you can put a price tag on what it's worth to have an elected person in the united states senate and i will do whatever i need to do to make sure the costs are covered because all the people in new jersey will benefit from it and we're not going to be penny wise an
but he's playing senate democrats like harry reid who will get his senate vote back before october and before the debt ceiling standoff. >> i think it's the right thing to do. i'm happy with what he's done. i think people who serve in the senate when the election laws in the state call for it should be determined by an election. and an election this year. he could have tried to play around with it and done it 2014. >> well, while offending editorial boards, christie's impact...
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he would spend more money and too much in the role and harry reid said he is going to try again. next up, nine. that's how many states chuck hegel called out for refewing to issue military id for same-sex spouses at the national guard post. the speech to the anti-defamation league, he said this is wrong and it causes division among the ranks. he is called on the head of the bureau to change it. next up, $25 million is how much money florida governor said he is prepared to spend against his likely democratic opponent and a colleague charlie crist. they report that the effort is going to get under way very soon and an ad that launches monday is called opportunist that coincides with the expected official announcement that he is running. he can finance early ads like that to find charlie crist quickly. 10,000 for a long time has been the altitude where you can turn your electronic devices back on. the faa agrees with the passengers that never abided by the guidelines. they will scrap the rule once the airlines prove that your gadgets won't affect the equipment. that could happen by
he would spend more money and too much in the role and harry reid said he is going to try again. next up, nine. that's how many states chuck hegel called out for refewing to issue military id for same-sex spouses at the national guard post. the speech to the anti-defamation league, he said this is wrong and it causes division among the ranks. he is called on the head of the bureau to change it. next up, $25 million is how much money florida governor said he is prepared to spend against his...
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reid, got a deal. he's given a whole plethora of quotes about what position he was in. i think my favorite one is i was on the 2 yard line just trying to punt with less than 30 seconds left. brad, mitch mcconnell, he's facing the primary challenge from the right with matt devon. is he more worried about his general election to allison grimes, which some polls have shown her tight, some with her ahe ahead. >> mitch mcconnell has always taken every opponent he's had very seriously. there is -- whether it's his primary poeopponent or general election opponent, my only advice is pack a lunch but he's probably one of the best campaigners in the country and i think he's heavily favored in both elections. >> mitch mcconnell saying they will not go down this path again to shut down the government. can he really mean that, though, with the way the house gop conference is sort of -- rises up and is very pro insurrection to a degree? >> i've heard this from several gop leaders since the shutdown stopped. i think
reid, got a deal. he's given a whole plethora of quotes about what position he was in. i think my favorite one is i was on the 2 yard line just trying to punt with less than 30 seconds left. brad, mitch mcconnell, he's facing the primary challenge from the right with matt devon. is he more worried about his general election to allison grimes, which some polls have shown her tight, some with her ahe ahead. >> mitch mcconnell has always taken every opponent he's had very seriously. there is...
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. >> harry reid -- >> in some way they're -- he did step in to help end that shutdown, but he was taking kind of a tough position. >> we're going to take a pause her, because, you know, i've got the little royal baby to show. you're live, here we're, that's st. james palast in london, the archbishop of canter bury who's not in that truck, will be cristeninging the prince. the duke and duchess are expected to arrive any minute now, with their son who's hardly been seen in public since his birth three months ago. the prince's god parents, a motorcade is going to be needed for all the god parents will be arriving shortly as well. we learned this morning that george's god parents will be -- william and kate are breaking with tradition by holding a small ceremony at st. james palace. this ceremony is scheduled to beginning at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >>> next up a deep dive into the best possible solution that currently exists to partisan gridlock. plus some scientific proof that folks in washington, d.c. are the least agreeable people in the country. you already knew it, now we get to pro-it with
. >> harry reid -- >> in some way they're -- he did step in to help end that shutdown, but he was taking kind of a tough position. >> we're going to take a pause her, because, you know, i've got the little royal baby to show. you're live, here we're, that's st. james palast in london, the archbishop of canter bury who's not in that truck, will be cristeninging the prince. the duke and duchess are expected to arrive any minute now, with their son who's hardly been seen in...
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they said we are so frustrated with the christie stuff and he is more conservative than harry reid. >> christy is not going to find any support from the people i mix w. governor christie emphasized and focuses on new jersey. he is hinting at a broader goal since he said it on national television. let's bring in the gaggle for the week ahead. political editor of the grio and washington bureau chief. dan, he's so focused on new jersey that he had to say it in the sunday shows. it is -- we have to laugh at ourselves and him and this whole process that we just went through the spectacle of yesterday. >> you are not going to ask me to play the washington game, are you? >> i'm playi ining right here w you. >> it's so transparent. you know what his next steps are. we know he was doing a huge victory lap after a big victory last tuesday. you do that on the sunday shows and you try to draw attention to yourself. you don't answer the questions or you are not prepared to answer and you keep moving on. that's what he is doing. he's creating space for himself to try to run for president. >> to me
they said we are so frustrated with the christie stuff and he is more conservative than harry reid. >> christy is not going to find any support from the people i mix w. governor christie emphasized and focuses on new jersey. he is hinting at a broader goal since he said it on national television. let's bring in the gaggle for the week ahead. political editor of the grio and washington bureau chief. dan, he's so focused on new jersey that he had to say it in the sunday shows. it is -- we...
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you've got republican senators miffed at harry reid for not honoring the whole -- you have him having ripped on republicans. there are so many issues at play here. looks like he's going to get confirmed. and it's also an opportunity for republicans to ask some tough questions on benghazi, all of which haven't been answered yet. >> i want to go to something you said when we were together last time, which is you were concerned about his performance -- >> absolutely. >> and you can't help by wonder what bill cohen wonders, which is is he going to be a weak secretary? >> he didn't have a strong hearing then, but all the reasons listed for chuck hagel, none has to do with any pending issues before the pentagon. it has to do with he's been mean to president bush. he's been mean to john mccain. this process has said more about republicans than quite franklin it has said about chuck -- >> what about this issue of him -- is he going to be in charge of the pentagon? >> i think that is going to be the test for chuck hagel when he is sworn in fairly quickly and fairly soon as the next defense sec
you've got republican senators miffed at harry reid for not honoring the whole -- you have him having ripped on republicans. there are so many issues at play here. looks like he's going to get confirmed. and it's also an opportunity for republicans to ask some tough questions on benghazi, all of which haven't been answered yet. >> i want to go to something you said when we were together last time, which is you were concerned about his performance -- >> absolutely. >> and you...
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reid won 69% of latinos in his race against sharron angle. two years later, obama won that vote matching what he received nationwide. they make up 27% of the state's population overall, 19% of the actual voting electorate. critics also charge the president though is making a political point by flying nine hours to make this immigration speech. five there, four on the way back. but in some ways he's returning to del sol high school where he was met with huge crowds during his 2008 campaign, a day after the groupf senators unveiled their new plan for dealing with roughly 11 million undocumented people living in this country. this trip, by the way, is all about the white house saying hey, we made a campaign promise. and we're going to go to places that they made this campaign promise to show we're trying to fulfill it. >> we have been too content for too long to allow individuals to mow our lawn, serve our food, clean our homes, and even watch our children while not affording them any of the benefits that make our country so great. >> other bipa
reid won 69% of latinos in his race against sharron angle. two years later, obama won that vote matching what he received nationwide. they make up 27% of the state's population overall, 19% of the actual voting electorate. critics also charge the president though is making a political point by flying nine hours to make this immigration speech. five there, four on the way back. but in some ways he's returning to del sol high school where he was met with huge crowds during his 2008 campaign, a...
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the president can sit down with harry reid tonight and work with senate democrats who have the majority in the senate to move a bill. >> at some point, we've got to do some governing. >> there are are two potential sort of last-minute solutions to the sequester that neither sides want to unite around. the final white house offer to boehner on the grand bargain included nearly $1 trillion in spending cuts over ten years. could it be as a good-will gesture the white house offers one year of those cuts, which come out to $90 billion as a replacement to the sequester this year? then there's the plan senate republicans could offer this week, they haven't decided if they're going to this week that gives the white house flexibility on how to cut spending, but even republicans aren't united on that one. >> here's what i don't understand. we're the party of physical conservati conservatism. have we put a plan together to cut $85 billion between march and october? no. we will criticize everything he does. say, mr. president, it is now up to you to find this $85 billion in savings and we'll say to
the president can sit down with harry reid tonight and work with senate democrats who have the majority in the senate to move a bill. >> at some point, we've got to do some governing. >> there are are two potential sort of last-minute solutions to the sequester that neither sides want to unite around. the final white house offer to boehner on the grand bargain included nearly $1 trillion in spending cuts over ten years. could it be as a good-will gesture the white house offers one...
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in an interview with his home state public radio station, majority leader harry reid said that there's, quote, no excuse for the problems with the healthcare.gov website. >> as far as i'm concerned, there's no excuse for that. i think the administration should have known how difficult it was going to be to ask 35 million or 40 million people to suddenly hook up to a place to go on the internet. >> but can republicans afford to allow the website to be the measurement of whether the health care law is a success or a failure? what happens if and when the website gets fixed? the white house could actually use the site as a potential asset, assuming they do get it fixed. in fact, there are some republicans afraid they are falling into a trap where the website becomes a proxy for the health care fight. so let's talk about all of this. the health care fight is a microcosm of a bigger problem with today's politics. democrats say republicans are unwilling to govern. and republicans say democrats are unable to do the job. national journal columnist norm ornstein says the president's weaknesses h
in an interview with his home state public radio station, majority leader harry reid said that there's, quote, no excuse for the problems with the healthcare.gov website. >> as far as i'm concerned, there's no excuse for that. i think the administration should have known how difficult it was going to be to ask 35 million or 40 million people to suddenly hook up to a place to go on the internet. >> but can republicans afford to allow the website to be the measurement of whether the...
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others were mad at senate majority leader harry reid for not respecting the hold process. a gop senator putting a hold and giving it a couple of days, and instead ramming a vote through. some were mad at the white house over benghazi. democrats yesterday did their own psychoanalysis about what was going on. >> the republican minority in the senate seemed to think that the rule now is that you have to have 60 votes for everything. well, that's not the rule. >> i guess to be able to run for the senate as a republican in most places of the country, you need to have a resume that says, i helped filibuster one of the president's nominees. maybe that helps. maybe that keeps the tea party guy from running against you. >> here's the bottom line, and the message was delivered by mr. straight talk, john mccain, yesterday. ultimately, hagel's issues with his former gop colleagues are simply personal. >> there's a lot of ill will towards senator hagel, because when he was a republican, he attacked president bush, mercilessly, at one point said he was the worst president since herbert
others were mad at senate majority leader harry reid for not respecting the hold process. a gop senator putting a hold and giving it a couple of days, and instead ramming a vote through. some were mad at the white house over benghazi. democrats yesterday did their own psychoanalysis about what was going on. >> the republican minority in the senate seemed to think that the rule now is that you have to have 60 votes for everything. well, that's not the rule. >> i guess to be able to...
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reid made the first day last much longer than the typical 24 hours. it's been ongoing since january 3rd, the start of the 113th congress, instead of adjourning completely at the end of each day, the senate was in recess. the senate approved moderate filibuster changes yesterday. some key agreements in the deal include reducing the number of times an opponent can use filibusters, reducing the time spent on debating some bills and nominations, and the majority party now has to allow two minority amendments on bills. the changes were broken down into two resolutions and were approved by votes of 78 to 16 and 86 to 9. however, a lot of liberals are not happy because of the fact that you don't have to stay on the floor to do your filibuster. after threatening to carry out more long-range rocket launches yesterday, north korea has turned its sights to south korea, threatening to attack in a new round of u.s. sanctions. in a statement run on state-run television, north korea's committee for the peaceful reunification of korea said, "if the puppet group of tr
reid made the first day last much longer than the typical 24 hours. it's been ongoing since january 3rd, the start of the 113th congress, instead of adjourning completely at the end of each day, the senate was in recess. the senate approved moderate filibuster changes yesterday. some key agreements in the deal include reducing the number of times an opponent can use filibusters, reducing the time spent on debating some bills and nominations, and the majority party now has to allow two minority...